I want to sincerely thank all of you who took the time to comment. I knew the focus was soft, but it was the best my weary old camera could do. A new one is enroute!!! :-) Anyway, it was the concept I was confident of, and not really the technical aspects. Apparantly some of you agreed. Thanks for recognizing the thought that went into this.

Creative idea. The model is nicely posed and has a great expression. The photo is very soft and noisy viewed up close (like I usually do when voting), but when viewed from a distance (as a poster should be!), the effect is great!

Not a bad idea but the actual execution of the idea leaves me a bit wanting. I realize you are trying to create the image of the leg breaking through the border but it just doesn't work for me, the lines don't quite match. THe child is blurred a bit and the expression isn't quite right. I'm thinking if you had a shot of the child actually coming through the top of a box or something to that effect? A 3

I would like to see his eyes a bit more in focus, otherwise great capture of emotion. The leg coming out from the box looks a bit unnatural in my opinion, dunno, the border there looks a bit strange. The message here is great! :-)